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126-520: A consistent Proto-Indo-European pattern distinct from Iranian, and that the inflectional morphology was different from that of Iranian languages. The hypothesis that Greek is Armenian's closest living relative originates with Holger Pedersen (1924), who noted that the number of Greek-Armenian lexical cognates is greater than that of agreements between Armenian and any other Indo-European language. Antoine Meillet (1925, 1927) further investigated morphological and phonological agreement and postulated that

189-468: A loan from Armenian (compare to Armenian եւ yev , ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi ). Other loans from Armenian into Urartian includes personal names, toponyms, and names of deities. Loan words from Iranian languages , along with the other ancient accounts such as that of Xenophon above, initially led some linguists to erroneously classify Armenian as an Iranian language. Scholars such as Paul de Lagarde and F. Müller believed that

252-425: A network of schools where modern Armenian was taught, dramatically increased the rate of literacy (in spite of the obstacles by the colonial administrators), even in remote rural areas. The emergence of literary works entirely written in the modern versions increasingly legitimized the language's existence. By the turn of the 20th century both varieties of the one modern Armenian language prevailed over Grabar and opened

315-724: A second language Ashkharbek Kalantar (1884–1942), archaeologist Toros Toramanian (1864–1934), architectural historian Vahan Kurkjian (1863–1961), historian Sirarpie Der-Nersessian (1896–1989), art historian Joseph Orbeli (1887–1961), Orientalist Josef Markwart (1864–1930), historian, orientalist Alexey Jivelegov (1875–1952), historian Nikolai Marr (1865–1935), Russian historian, archaeologist, and linguist Antoine Meillet (1866–1936), French linguist Stepan Malkhasyants (1857–1947), philologist, linguist, and lexicographer Sen Arevshatyan (1928–2014), historian Mary Kilbourne Matossian (1930-2023) Stephan Astourian, Professor of History and Director of

378-781: Is a field of humanities covering Armenian history , language and culture . The emergence of modern Armenian studies is associated with the foundation of the Catholic Mechitarist order in the early 18th century. Until the early 20th century, Armenian studies were largely conducted by individual scholars in the Armenian communities of the Russian Empire (Moscow, Saint Petersburg, New Nakhichevan , Tiflis ), Europe ( Venice , Vienna, Paris, London, Berlin, Leipzig), Constantinople and Vagharshapat in Armenia. After

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504-552: Is an independent branch of the Indo-European languages . It is of interest to linguists for its distinctive phonological changes within that family. Armenian exhibits more satemization than centumization , although it is not classified as belonging to either of these subgroups. Some linguists tentatively conclude that Armenian, Greek (and Phrygian ), Albanian and Indo-Iranian were dialectally close to each other; within this hypothetical dialect group, Proto-Armenian

567-561: Is clearly the dialect to be most closely related to Armenian. Eric P. Hamp (1976, 91) supports the Graeco-Armenian thesis and even anticipates a time "when we should speak of Helleno-Armenian" (meaning the postulate of a Graeco-Armenian proto-language). Armenian shares the augment and a negator derived from the set phrase in the Proto-Indo-European language * ne h₂oyu kʷid ("never anything" or "always nothing"),

630-474: Is derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵipyós , with cognates in Sanskrit (ऋजिप्य, ṛjipyá ), Avestan ( ərəzifiia ), and Greek (αἰγίπιος, aigípios ). Hrach Martirosyan and Armen Petrosyan propose additional borrowed words of Armenian origin loaned into Urartian and vice versa, including grammatical words and parts of speech, such as Urartian eue ("and"), attested in the earliest Urartian texts and likely

693-419: Is divided into periods according to ruling Armenian dynasties and times of foreign domination. Chamchian provided a chronology for the legendary Armenian patriarchs (using the one laid down by Movses Khorenatsi in his History of Armenia as his source), dating Hayk 's battle with Belus , and thus the formation of the Armenian people, to 2107 BC. He is also the source for the traditionally accepted date for

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756-415: Is not considered conclusive evidence of a period of common isolated development. There are words used in Armenian that are generally believed to have been borrowed from Anatolian languages, particularly from Luwian , although some researchers have identified possible Hittite loanwords as well. One notable loanword from Anatolian is Armenian xalam , "skull", cognate to Hittite ḫalanta , "head". In 1985,

819-633: Is the working language. Armenian (without reference to a specific variety) is officially recognized as a minority language in Cyprus , Hungary , Iraq , Poland , Romania , and Ukraine . It is recognized as a minority language and protected in Turkey by the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne . Mikayel Chamchian Mikayel Chamchian ( Armenian : Միքայէլ Չամչեան , 4 December 1738 – 30 November 1823), known also in English as Michael Chamich ,

882-466: The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (11–14th centuries) resulted in the addition of two more characters to the alphabet (" օ " and " ֆ "), bringing the total number to 38. The Book of Lamentations by Gregory of Narek (951–1003) is an example of the development of a literature and writing style of Old Armenian by the 10th century. In addition to elevating the literary style and vocabulary of

945-563: The Armenian genocide , mostly in the diaspora ). The differences between them are considerable but they are mutually intelligible after significant exposure. Some subdialects such as Homshetsi are not mutually intelligible with other varieties. Although Armenians were known to history much earlier (for example, they were mentioned in the 6th-century BC Behistun Inscription and in Xenophon 's 4th century BC history, The Anabasis ),

1008-641: The Greek language , the Armenian language, and the Indo-Iranian languages . Graeco-Aryan unity would have become divided into Proto-Greek and Proto-Indo-Iranian by the mid-3rd millennium BC. Conceivably, Proto-Armenian would have been located between Proto-Greek and Proto-Indo-Iranian, consistent with the fact that Armenian shares certain features only with Indo-Iranian (the satem change) but others only with Greek ( s > h ). Graeco-Aryan has comparatively wide support among Indo-Europeanists who believe

1071-2496: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ronald Grigor Suny (born 1940), historian Jean-Michel Thierry (1916–2011) Giusto Traina (born 1959) Robert W. Thomson (1934–2018) Cyril Toumanoff (1913–1997) Bagrat Ulubabyan (1925–2001), writer and historian Armen Hakhnazarian (1941–2009), expert on architecture Samvel Karapetian (1961–2020), historian and expert on medieval architecture Bert Vaux (born 1968), linguist at University of Cambridge, expert on Armenian dialects, phonology Claude Mutafian (born 1942), historian Levon Zekiyan , scholar Artsvi Bakhchinyan (born 1971), philologist, film researcher Suren Yeremian (1908–1992), historian, cartographer Karen Yuzbashyan (1927–2009), historian, orientalist Ara Sanjian, historian Sebouh Aslanian , historian at UCLA, Richard Hovannisian Endowed Chair in Modern Armenian History Razmik Panossian (born 1964), political studies and history Armenian studies programs [ edit ] Worldwide and online [ edit ] The Armenian Virtual College - AGBU Armenology Research National Center - ARNC Armenian Institute - AI Austria [ edit ] University of Salzburg – Armenian Studies Brazil [ edit ] University of São Paulo / Faculty of Armenian Language and Literature Belgium [ edit ] Université Catholique de Louvain / Institut Orientaliste Bulgaria [ edit ] Sofia University / Armenian and Caucasus Studies Cyprus [ edit ] University of Cyprus France [ edit ] Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales Iran [ edit ] University of Isfahan / Department of Armenian Studies Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch / Armenian Language Department Israel [ edit ] Hebrew University of Jerusalem – Armenian Studies Program Germany [ edit ] Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg – Oriental Institute / Department of Oriental Christian and Byzantine Studies, University of Jena – Caucasian Studies Ruhr University of Bochum – Foundation for Armenian Studies Leibniz Institute for

1134-643: The Indo-European homeland to be located in the Armenian Highlands , the " Armenian hypothesis ". Early and strong evidence was given by Euler's 1979 examination on shared features in Greek and Sanskrit nominal flection. Used in tandem with the Graeco-Armenian hypothesis, the Armenian language would also be included under the label Aryano-Greco-Armenic , splitting into Proto-Greek/Phrygian and "Armeno-Aryan" (ancestor of Armenian and Indo-Iranian ). Classical Armenian (Arm: grabar ), attested from

1197-542: The Mekhitarists . The first Armenian periodical, Azdarar , was published in grabar in 1794. The classical form borrowed numerous words from Middle Iranian languages , primarily Parthian , and contains smaller inventories of loanwords from Greek, Syriac, Aramaic, Arabic, Mongol, Persian, and indigenous languages such as Urartian . An effort to modernize the language in Bagratid Armenia and

1260-878: The University of Oxford Christina Maranci , art and architectural historian, Tufts University Louise Nalbandian (1926-1974), historian Vrej Nersessian (born 1948), priest, curator Christopher J. Walker (1942-2017), historian Dennis Papazian (1931-2023), Professor Emeritus and founding director of the Armenian Research Center at the University of Michigan, Dearborn Simon Payaslian , Professor of History at Boston University James R. Russell (born 1953) Alexander Sahinian (1910–1982), architectural historian Gagik Sarkisyan (1926–1998), historian John A. C. Greppin (1937–2016) Michael E. Stone (born 1938), professor emeritus of Armenian Studies and of Comparative Religion at

1323-554: The edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Russian Misplaced Pages article at [[:ru:Арменистика]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|ru|Арменистика}} to the talk page . For more guidance, see Misplaced Pages:Translation . Armenian studies or Armenology ( Armenian : հայագիտություն , pronounced [hɑjɑɡituˈtʰjun] )

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1386-408: The 5th century to the 19th century as the literary standard (up to the 11th century also as a spoken language with different varieties), was partially superseded by Middle Armenian , attested from the 12th century to the 18th century. Specialized literature prefers "Old Armenian" for grabar as a whole, and designates as "Classical" the language used in the 5th century literature, "Post-Classical" from

1449-1641: The Armenian Studies Program at the University of California, Berkeley Armen Ayvazyan (born 1964), historian, political scientist Walter Bachmann, architectural historian, traveller Vahan Baibourtian (born 1933), historian Peter Balakian (born 1951), poet, writer and academic Rouben Paul Adalian Hagop Barsoumian (1936–1986), historian Hrach Bartikyan (1927–2011), academician George Bournoutian (1943–2021), historian at Iona College Peter Charanis (1908–1985) S. Peter Cowe , Narekatsi Professor of Armenian Studies, UCLA Vahakn Dadrian (1926–2019), sociologist, historian, genocide scholar Charles Dowsett (1924–1998) Paul Essabal, linguist Rouben Galichian (born 1938), cartographer, map researcher Vartan Matiossian (born 1964), historian Aram Ter-Ghevondyan (1928–1988), historian Vartan Gregorian , (1934–2021), historian Edmund Herzig, historian Robert H. Hewsen (1934–2018), Professor Emeritus of History at Rowan College Tessa Hofmann (born 1949), historian Richard G. Hovannisian (1932-2023), Professor Emeritus of Armenian and Near Eastern History, UCLA Edward Jrbashian (1923–1999), literary critic Raymond Kévorkian (born 1953), historian Hranush Kharatyan (born 1952), ethnographer Dickran Kouymjian (born 1934), writer, publisher, editor, historian David Marshall Lang (1924–1991) Gerard Libaridian (born 1945), historian Theo Maarten van Lint (born 1957), Calouste Gulbenkian Professor of Armenian Studies at

1512-481: The Armenian language by adding well above a thousand new words, through his other hymns and poems Gregory paved the way for his successors to include secular themes and vernacular language in their writings. The thematic shift from mainly religious texts to writings with secular outlooks further enhanced and enriched the vocabulary. "A Word of Wisdom", a poem by Hovhannes Sargavak devoted to a starling, legitimizes poetry devoted to nature, love, or female beauty. Gradually,

1575-627: The Armenian-populated Transylvanian town of Ibașfalău ( Bashbalov or Yeghisabetupolis in Armenian, now called Dumbrăveni), where he remained until April 1790. While in Ibașfalău, Chamchian contributed greatly to the development of the local Armenian school and cultivated a plan for the creation of Armenian boarding schools. Despite the pleas of the local Armenian community for him to remain, Chamchian returned to Venice after recovering his health. His next major work

1638-544: The Christianization of Armenia as 301 AD. An abridged version of Chamchian's History was published in 1811 and it was later translated into English and Turkish. The immense labor of writing and publishing History of Armenia took its toll on Chamchian's health, and in 1789 he was dismissed from his teaching position and sent to recover at sanatoria in Austria and Hungary . He first went to Trieste , then to

1701-4835: The History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) - Publication series "Armenier im östlichen Europa – Armenians in Eastern Europe" Hungary [ edit ] Pázmány Péter Catholic University - Department of Armenian Studies Lebanon [ edit ] Haigazian University / Faculty of Humanities Netherlands [ edit ] Universiteit Leiden – Department of Near Eastern Studies / Armenian Studies Program Romania [ edit ] Babeș-Bolyai University – Institute of Armenology Switzerland [ edit ] University of Geneva – Department of Mediterranean, Slavic, and Oriental Languages and Literatures (MESLO), Armenian Studies Programme United Kingdom [ edit ] Oxford University / Faculty of Oriental Studies Programme of Armenian Studies , independent body based in London United States [ edit ] Arizona State University / Russian and East European Studies Consortium Boston University California State University Fresno / Armenian Studies Program California State University Northridge / Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures Clark University / Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies Columbia University / Department of Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures Harvard University / Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Iona University / History and Political Science Rutgers University St. Nersess Armeanian Seminary Tufts University / Armenian Art and Architectural History University of California at Berkeley / Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies University of California at Los Angeles / Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations / Armenian Studies Program University of Chicago / Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations University of Michigan at Ann Arbor / Armenian Studies Program University of Michigan–Dearborn / Armenian Research Center University of Southern California / Institute of Armenian Studies University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Wesleyan University Worcester State College Research centers and associations [ edit ] Name Location Date Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Yerevan, Armenia 1995— Armenology Research National Center (ARNC) Yerevan, Armenia 2008— Armenian Institute (AI) London 2001— Armenian International Policy Research Group (AIPRG) Washington, DC and Yerevan 2006— Armenian Library and Museum of America Watertown, MA 1985— Armenian National Institute Washington, DC 1998— Department of Armenian Studies Haigazian University (Beirut, Lebanon) Division of Armenology and Social Sciences Armenian National Academy of Sciences (Yerevan) Gomidas Institute London and Princeton, NJ 1992— International Association for Armenian Studies (IAAS) 1983— Society for Armenian Studies California State University, Fresno 1974— National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) Belmont, MA 1955— Nubarian Library (La Bibliothèque Nubarian) Armenian General Benevolent Union (Paris) 1928— MESROP - interdisciplinary workgroup for Armenian Studies Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg , Halle , Germany 1998— Société des Études Arméniennes (SEA) Paris 1993— Zoryan Institute Cambridge, Massachusetts and Toronto 1982— Periodicals [ edit ] Title Date Publisher Location Azgagrakan Handes 1895—1916 Yervand Lalayan Tiflis, Shusha Banber Yerevani Hamalsarani 1967— Yerevan State University Yerevan, Armenia Bazmavep 1843— Mekhitarist Congregation Venice, Italy Etchmiadzin (est. as Ararat ) 1868/1944— Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin Vagharshapat , Armenia Haigazian Armenological Review 1970— Haigazian University Beirut, Lebanon Handes Amsorya 1887— Mekhitarist Congregation Vienna, Austria Hask Armenological Review — Holy See of Cilicia Antelias, Lebanon Journal of Armenian Studies 1975— National Association for Armenian Studies & Research Belmont, Massachusetts Journal of

1764-467: The Hurro-Urartian and Northeast Caucasian origins for these words and instead suggest native Armenian etymologies, leaving the possibility that these words may have been loaned into Hurro-Urartian and Caucasian languages from Armenian, and not vice versa. A notable example is arciv , meaning "eagle", believed to have been the origin of Urartian Arṣibi and Northeast Caucasian arzu . This word

1827-480: The Mekhitarist monastic academy․ He took his monastic vows in 1759 and took the name Mikayel in honor of Mikayel Sebastatsi. Chamchian's elder brother Hakobos was also a Mekhitarist monk. After graduating from the academy in 1762, he was ordained priest and became a teacher at the monastery. It was at this time that Chamchian began researching and collecting materials for his future writings, although this work

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1953-669: The Russian Empire), removed almost all of their Turkish lexical influences in the 20th century, primarily following the Armenian genocide . In addition to Armenia and Turkey, where it is indigenous , Armenian is spoken among the diaspora . According to Ethnologue , globally there are 1.6 million Western Armenian speakers and 3.7 million Eastern Armenian speakers, totalling 5.3 million Armenian speakers. In Georgia, Armenian speakers are concentrated in Ninotsminda and Akhalkalaki districts where they represent over 90% of

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2016-404: The Russian and Ottoman empires led to creation of two separate and different environments under which Armenians lived. Halfway through the 19th century, two important concentrations of Armenian communities were further consolidated. Because of persecutions or the search for better economic opportunities, many Armenians living under Ottoman rule gradually moved to Istanbul , whereas Tbilisi became

2079-1101: The Society of Armenian Studies 1984— California State University, Fresno Fresno, California Lraber Hasarakakan Gitutyunneri 1940— Armenian National Academy of Sciences Yerevan, Armenia Patma-Banasirakan Handes 1958— Armenian National Academy of Sciences Yerevan, Armenia Revue des Études Arméniennes 1920— University of Paris Paris, France St. Nersess Theological Review 1996— St. Nersess Armenian Seminary Armonk, New York See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Education portal [REDACTED] History portal History of Armenia International relations#Area Studies Education in Armenia Further reading [ edit ] (in Armenian) Harutyunyan, Shmavon Ṛ. Պատմագիտության զարգացումը Սովետական Հայաստանում, 1920–1963 [The development of

2142-833: The Soviet linguist Igor M. Diakonoff noted the presence in Classical Armenian of what he calls a "Caucasian substratum" identified by earlier scholars, consisting of loans from the Kartvelian and Northeast Caucasian languages . Noting that Hurro-Urartian-speaking peoples inhabited the Armenian homeland in the second millennium BC, Diakonoff identifies in Armenian a Hurro-Urartian substratum of social, cultural, and animal and plant terms such as ałaxin "slave girl" ( ← Hurr. al(l)a(e)ḫḫenne ), cov "sea" ( ← Urart. ṣûǝ "(inland) sea"), ułt "camel" ( ← Hurr. uḷtu ), and xnjor "apple (tree)" ( ← Hurr. ḫinzuri ). Some of

2205-434: The center of Armenians living under Russian rule. These two cosmopolitan cities very soon became the primary poles of Armenian intellectual and cultural life. The introduction of new literary forms and styles, as well as many new ideas sweeping Europe, reached Armenians living in both regions. This created an ever-growing need to elevate the vernacular, Ashkharhabar, to the dignity of a modern literary language, in contrast to

2268-530: The climate and outbreak of plague in Basra) and taught novices seeking to join the Mekhitarist Congregation. In 1779 he published his Kerakanutiun Haykazian Lezvi ( Քերականութիւն Հայկազեան լեզուի , Grammar of the Armenian language), which was regarded as the best existing Classical Armenian grammar textbook for nearly a century and found wide use in Armenian schools. Chamchian's grammar

2331-597: The election of the new abbot of the monastery on San Lazzaro following the death of Abbot Stepanos. Although the Mekhitarist monks attempted to keep Chamchian in Venice by appointing him supervisor of the monastic school, he returned to Constantinople at the request of the Armenian Catholic community there. In his last years in Constantinople, Chamchian, together with other Mekhitarists, took steps to ease

2394-910: The establishment of Soviet rule, Armenian studies, and sciences in general, were institutionalized in Armenia and put under direct control of the Academy of Sciences . Today, numerous research centers in many parts of the world specialize in Armenian studies. Notable scholars who have worked in the field of Armenian studies [ edit ] Early scholars [ edit ] Maturin Veyssière La Croze (1661–1739), historian and orientalist Lord Byron (1788–1824), English poet Marie-Félicité Brosset (1802–1880), French orientalist Johann Heinrich Hübschmann (1848–1908), German philologist Victor Langlois (1829–1869), French historian Arthur Leist (1852–1927), German writer, journalist and translator Mkhitar Sebastatsi (1676–1749),

2457-580: The existence of the two modern versions of the same language was sanctioned even more clearly. The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1920–1990) used Eastern Armenian as its official language, whereas the diaspora created after the Armenian genocide preserved the Western Armenian dialect. The two modern literary dialects, Western (originally associated with writers in the Ottoman Empire) and Eastern (originally associated with writers in

2520-835: The founder of Mechitarist Congregation Mikayel Chamchian (1738–1823), Mechitarist monk and historian Ghevont Alishan (1820–1901), Mechitarist historian Modern scholars [ edit ] Manouk Abeghian (1865–1944), scholar of literature and folklore Hrachia Adjarian (1876–1953), linguist, etymologist, philologist Nicholas Adontz (1871–1942), historian Arakel Babakhanian (pen-name Leo) (1860–1932), historian Karapet Basmadjian (1864–1942) historian Robert Pierpont Blake (1886–1950) Grigor Ghapantsyan (1887–1957) Yaroslav Dashkevych (1926–2010), archaeographer, archivist, historian, studied Kipchak-Armenian documents, doctor of historical sciences Anaïd Donabédian-Demopoulos linguist, INaLCO Paris, specialist in syntax, corpus linguistics, teaching of Armenian as

2583-425: The hypothetical Mushki language may have been a (now extinct) Armenic language. W. M. Austin (1942) concluded that there was early contact between Armenian and Anatolian languages , based on what he considered common archaisms, such as the lack of a feminine gender and the absence of inherited long vowels. Unlike shared innovations (or synapomorphies ), the common retention of archaisms (or symplesiomorphy )

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2646-723: The imperial jeweler and amira Mikayel Chelebi Duzian. Although Chamchian gained renown as a jeweler and had the opportunity to join Duzian as a full business partner, he instead decided to abandon secular life and join the Mekhitarist Congregation . In March 1757, Chamchian left for the Mekhitarists' monastery on the island of San Lazzaro degli Armeni in Venice with a letter of recommendation from Mekhitarist fathers Mikayel Sebastatsi and Mkrtich Ananian and entered

2709-470: The interests of the population at large were reflected in other literary works as well. Konsdantin Yerzinkatsi and several others took the unusual step of criticizing the ecclesiastic establishment and addressing the social issues of the Armenian homeland. These changes represented the nature of the literary style and syntax, but they did not constitute immense changes to the fundamentals of the grammar or

2772-434: The late 5th to 8th centuries, and "Late Grabar" that of the period covering the 8th to 11th centuries. Later, it was used mainly in religious and specialized literature, with the exception of a revival during the early modern period, when attempts were made to establish it as the language of a literary renaissance, with neoclassical inclinations, through the creation and dissemination of literature in varied genres, especially by

2835-567: The morphology of the language. Often, when writers codify a spoken dialect, other language users are then encouraged to imitate that structure through the literary device known as parallelism . In the 19th century, the traditional Armenian homeland was once again divided. This time Eastern Armenia was conquered from Qajar Iran by the Russian Empire , while Western Armenia , containing two thirds of historical Armenia, remained under Ottoman control. The antagonistic relationship between

2898-403: The now-anachronistic Grabar. Numerous dialects existed in the traditional Armenian regions, which, different as they were, had certain morphological and phonetic features in common. On the basis of these features two major standards emerged: Both centers vigorously pursued the promotion of Ashkharhabar. The proliferation of newspapers in both versions (Eastern & Western) and the development of

2961-541: The official status of the Armenian language. Eastern Armenian is the official variant used, making it the prestige variety while other variants have been excluded from national institutions. Indeed, Western Armenian is perceived by some as a mere dialect. Armenian was also official in the Republic of Artsakh . It is recognized as an official language of the Eurasian Economic Union although Russian

3024-639: The oldest surviving Armenian-language writing is etched in stone on Armenian temples and is called Mehenagir . The Armenian alphabet was created by Mesrop Mashtots in 405, at which time it had 36 letters. He is also credited by some with the creation of the Georgian alphabet and the Caucasian Albanian alphabet . While Armenian constitutes the sole member of the Armenian branch of the Indo-European family, Aram Kossian has suggested that

3087-1997: The original on 2020-02-07 . Retrieved 2020-02-07 . ^ "Stiftung für Armenische Studien" . Deutsches Stiftungszentrum (in German). 2016-03-30 . Retrieved 2020-02-07 . ^ "Armenier im östlichen Europa - Armenians in Eastern Europe" . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Verlage (in German) . Retrieved 2021-09-03 . ^ "Unité d'Arménien, DÉPARTEMENT DES LANGUES ET DES LITTÉRATURES MÉDITERRANÉENNES, SLAVES ET ORIENTALES" . 2 May 2007 . Retrieved 2021-08-06 . ^ "Armenian Studies at Columbia" . MESAAS . 2023-03-13 . Retrieved 2023-07-13 . ^ "Unpacking Armenian Studies: Unpacking Armenian Studies with Dr. George Bournoutian" . armenianstudies.libsyn.com . Retrieved 2023-07-13 . ^ "Home" . armenianstudies.rutgers.edu . Retrieved 2020-01-28 . ^ "MESROP Arbeitsstelle für Armenische Studien" . mesrop.uni-halle.de . Retrieved 2020-02-07 . ^ Holst, Jan Henrik. (2009). Armenische Studien . Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. ISBN   978-3-447-06117-9 . OCLC   466656897 . ^ Gazer, Hac̣ik Rafi, 1963- (2012). Studien zum kirchlichen Schulwesen der Armenier im Kaukasus. Teil 1. 19. Jahrhundert . Berlin: Lit. ISBN   978-3-643-11532-4 . OCLC   796089544 . {{ cite book }} : CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link ) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link ) ^ Armenologie in Deutschland ;: Beiträge zum Ersten Deutschen Armenologen-Tag . Drost-Abgarjan, Armenuhi., Goltz, Hermann., Deutscher Armenologen-Tag (1st : 2000 : Berlin, Germany). Münster: Lit. 2005. ISBN   978-3-8258-8610-3 . OCLC   74269583 . {{ cite book }} : CS1 maint: others ( link ) External links [ edit ] Fundamental Scientific Library of

3150-483: The parent languages of Greek and Armenian were dialects in immediate geographical proximity during the Proto-Indo-European period. Meillet's hypothesis became popular in the wake of his book Esquisse d'une histoire de la langue latine (1936). Georg Renatus Solta (1960) does not go as far as postulating a Proto-Graeco-Armenian stage, but he concludes that considering both the lexicon and morphology, Greek

3213-407: The path to a new and simplified grammatical structure of the language in the two different cultural spheres. Apart from several morphological, phonetic, and grammatical differences, the largely common vocabulary and generally analogous rules of grammatical fundamentals allows users of one variant to understand the other as long as they are fluent in one of the literary standards. After World War I ,

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3276-570: The population. The short-lived First Republic of Armenia declared Armenian its official language. Eastern Armenian was then dominating in institutions and among the population. When Armenia was incorporated into the USSR, the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic made Eastern Armenian the language of the courts, government institutions and schools. Armenia was also russified . The current Republic of Armenia upholds

3339-436: The representation of word-initial laryngeals by prothetic vowels, and other phonological and morphological peculiarities with Greek. Nevertheless, as Fortson (2004) comments, "by the time we reach our earliest Armenian records in the 5th century AD, the evidence of any such early kinship has been reduced to a few tantalizing pieces". Graeco-(Armeno)-Aryan is a hypothetical clade within the Indo-European family , ancestral to

3402-468: The similarities between the two languages meant that Armenian belonged to the Iranian language family . The distinctness of Armenian was recognized when philologist Heinrich Hübschmann (1875) used the comparative method to distinguish two layers of Iranian words from the older Armenian vocabulary . He showed that Armenian often had two morphemes for one concept, that the non-Iranian components yielded

3465-1348: The study of history in Soviet Armenia, 1920-1963]. Yerevan: Hayastan Publishing, 1967. Mamigonian, Marc A. "From Idea to Reality: The Development of Armenian Studies in the U.S. from the 1890s to 1969," Journal of Armenian Studies 10/1-2 (2012–2013), pp. 153–84. "Special Issue: Rethinking Armenian Studies: Past Present and Future," Journal of Armenian Studies 7/2 (Fall 2003). A. Simavoryan, T. Ghanalanyan, V. Hovyan, CENTERS FOR ARMENIAN STUDIES ABROAD: ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL, Yerevan,2014 (in Armenian), online Jan Henrik Holst, Armenische Studien (2009) Hac̣ik Rafi Gazer, Studien zum kirchlichen Schulwesen der Armenier im Kaukasus (2012) Armenuhi Drost-Abgarjan, Hermann Goltz, Armenologie in Deutschland: Beiträge zum Ersten Deutschen Armenologen-Tag (2005) References [ edit ] ^ "Հայագիտություն". Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia Volume 6 (in Armenian). 1980. pp.  130–133 . ^ "Armenische Studien 2016–2019 – Universität Salzburg" . www.uni-salzburg.at (in German) . Retrieved 2020-02-07 . ^ "Caucasian Studies" . www.uni-jena.de . Archived from

3528-519: The terms he gives admittedly have an Akkadian or Sumerian provenance, but he suggests they were borrowed through Hurrian or Urartian. Given that these borrowings do not undergo sound changes characteristic of the development of Armenian from Proto-Indo-European , he dates their borrowing to a time before the written record but after the Proto-Armenian language stage. Contemporary linguists, such as Hrach Martirosyan , have rejected many of

3591-513: Was a commentary on the Book of Psalms ( Meknutiun Saghmosats , 10 volumes), and most of his works from this period are on religious and theological subjects. He was sent away from Venice once again for health reasons to his birthplace, Constantinople, in early 1795. There, Chamchian acted as a senior Mekhitarist representative and resumed his historical writing and educational activities. Chamchian briefly returned to Venice in 1800 to participate in

3654-489: Was an Armenian Mekhitarist monk , historian, grammarian and theologian. He is best known for writing a comprehensive and influential history of Armenia in three volumes. Mikayel Chamchian (whose baptismal name was Karapet) was born in Constantinople on 4 December 1738 to Abraham Chamchian. He received his primary education in Constantinople's Catholic schools, then was trained as a jeweler by his distant relative,

3717-680: Was interrupted in 1769 when Abbot Stepanos Melkonian ordained him vardapet and sent him to conduct missionary activities and tend to the spiritual needs of the Catholic Armenian community in Basra . During his time as a missionary, Chamchian visited various Armenian communities in the Near East and sought out Armenian manuscripts—histories of Armenia in particular—to acquire or copy and send back to San Lazzaro. Chamchian returned to Venice in 1775 due to his poor health (exacerbated by

3780-557: Was meticulous in writing the history, frequently making changes and additions and delaying the final publication of the volumes in order to consult more sources as they became available to him. Chamchian's History was the most popular Armenian history for nearly a hundred years. It was highly influential among Armenians and is credited with strengthening Armenian national consciousness. It has also been criticized for failing to approach many of its sources criticically and for "frequently accept[ing] sheer legends as solid facts." The History

3843-405: Was situated between Proto-Greek ( centum subgroup) and Proto-Indo-Iranian ( satem subgroup). Ronald I. Kim has noted unique morphological developments connecting Armenian to Balto-Slavic languages . The Armenian language has a long literary history, with a 5th-century Bible translation as its oldest surviving text. Another text translated into Armenian early on, and also in the 5th-century,

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3906-682: Was the Armenian Alexander Romance . The vocabulary of the language has historically been influenced by Western Middle Iranian languages , particularly Parthian ; its derivational morphology and syntax were also affected by language contact with Parthian, but to a lesser extent. Contact with Greek, Persian , and Syriac also resulted in a number of loanwords. There are two standardized modern literary forms, Eastern Armenian (spoken mainly in Armenia) and Western Armenian (spoken originally mainly in modern-day Turkey and, since

3969-458: Was the first to reject Latin influence on Armenian grammar and was based on the study of select Classical Armenian texts from the 5th to 13th centuries. from 1785 to 1788, he published his monumental three-volume Patmutiun Hayots (History of Armenia, inaccurately dated to 1784–1786). In this work, Chamchian sought to present a comprehensive history of Armenia from Creation to his own time using various Armenian and non-Armenian sources. He

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